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There are obviously two educations. One should teach us how to make a living...
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Now would I give a thousand furlongs of sea for an acre of barren...
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Histories make men wise poets, witty the mathematics, subtle natural philosophy, deep moral, grave...
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Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success.
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“If the victor had the gods on his side, the vanquished had Cato.”
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If a man writes a book, let him set down only what he knows....
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Often and often afterwards, the beloved Aunt would ask me why I had never...
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It is a rough road that leads to the heights of greatness.
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The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it.
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In England every man you meet is some man’s son in America, he may...